On the propagation velocity of a straight brittle crack
by Berezovski, Arkadi; Maugin, Gerard A.
A non-equilibrium description of the crack propagation in the framework of the material setting is applied to the straight-through crack in brittle materials. The velocity of the crack is determined in terms of the driving force by means of non-equilibrium jump relations at the crack front. Theoretical results are compared with experimental data for Homalite-100.
DOI: 10.1007/s10704-007-9053-x
Online Date: 2/23/2007
Print publication date: 1/1/2007
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